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You will be meeting 8 shipping business women who attended the Women's International Shipping and Trading Association, WISTA International AGM & Conference in Istanbul, Turkey October, 7-10, 2015. In this episode you meet Sylvia Boer, a young woman who decided that she had to work within the maritime industry after having watched her father work in this international and dynamic industry - shipping grew into my veins as she puts it. How do you market a shipyard? Is there a difference working with marketing & communications for a newbuilding yard and a repair yard? Why is it important for Damen Shipyard that Sylvia is a member of WISTA the Netherlands? We cover that and then some in this chat about the future of shipping! Join the conversation, post a comment or start in any of the social media you feel comfortable with, someone has to start! Twitter: @Shippingpodcast Facebook: Shipping Podcast Website: ShippingPodcast.com

Naa Densua Aryeetey, is the Head of Shippers Service at the Ghana Shippers' Authority in Accra. She was one of the founders of WISTA Ghana in 2010 and she has now taken on the task of being one of the members of the WISTA International Executive Committee, EXCO, responsible for spreading the word about women in shipping in Africa. Naa is a graduate from the World Maritime University in Malmö, which is where we met for the first time in April 2008, at a gathering for women in the maritime industry, which since then has developed into Maritime Women Global Leadership International Conference (MWGL). I was very surprised the next time I met Naa, at the WISTA International AGM in Paris in 2013, to hear that she had gone back to Ghana and formed a National WISTA Association after our first meeting. Merry Christmas! At the top of my wish list for Christmas is a review on iTunes from you. Thank you for listening!

You will be meeting 8 shipping business women who attended the Women's International Shipping and Trading Association, WISTA International AGM & Conference in Istanbul, Turkey October, 7-10, 2015. In this episode you will meet Teresa Peacock, Managing Director, Spinnaker Global, Shipping Recruitment. She came into the shipping industry 7 years ago and was amazed by the size of the industry and how everyone takes it for granted without even knowing about it. We touch upon the subject of the lack of women in the industry and what impact that might have. Teresa is a member of the Board of WISTA UK, the National WISTA Association where it all started in 1974. Thank you for listening, why not add to the conversation on how we raise the profile of shipping by commenting in social media or on the website Shippingpodcast.com Thanks for your support!

Gerardo A. Borromeo, CEO PTC Holdings, Chairman of InterManager and Vice Chairman International Chamber of Shipping, ICS, is appearing in this the 14th episode of the Shipping Podcast. Gerardo, or Dito to his friends, is passionate about shipping and crewing in particular. PTC Holdings have got 600,000 employees onboard 700 vessels around the globe. Education and training is very important to Dito and he has an interesting view on seamen and their origin. It started with the European seamen going on shore and Shipowners turned to Asia to crew their vessels. Now, when the next continent is raising as the new source for seamen, Africa, and the Asian seamen will go ashore to pursue their maritime careers, what education is then essential? And how to we continue to develop the maritime jobs to be even more attractive? Listen to Dito Borromeo and get a perspective on crewing, the maritime sector and how he sees his mission to get the Philippines move the world! This episode is brought to you by Stena, an international group of companies involved in many maritime business activities. Apologies for the sound in this episode, trust you will love the content enough to have indulgence. Have you found our Facebook page? Our Twitter account? Or maybe you prefer the website? Thank you for listening! Give us a high-five on iTunes if you liked what you hear!

Per Stefenson is the naval architect responsible for the conversion of the STENA GERMANICA to methanol. This project is one of the answers to the SECA rules which has become a talking point all over the world. Per is mentioning the Methanol Institute as one of their partners when developing this first ever conversion of a ship engine from diesel to methanol. He also praises Wärtsilä and Lloyd's Register for their co-operation, not to mention Port of Gothenburg and Port of Kiel. The big project of converting STENA GERMANICA started after the tests were done on the STENA SCANRAIL, which was the testing vessel for the SPIRETH project. Methanol as an alternative fuel is partly funded by the EU Commission through the Motorways of the Sea and the Pilot Methanol on the Zero Vision Tool platform. The shipping industry is getting more and more energy efficient, improving the image as the most environmentally friendly mode of transport. If you want more people to know about this, please share the Shipping Podcast.

Philip Chaabane is a young CEO at Selektope, a selective marine antifouling technology, who has been working in the automotive industry and now found the shipping industry. From a blank paper to the possibility of seeing it from the inside of course gave him the bug! The office of Selektope is situated in the Astra Zeneca Bio Venture Hub, which is in the same building where their R&D department is situated. I was given a tour of the office and I can see the benefits of gathering start-ups in this kind of environment. Philip wants to lift the level of innovation in the shipping industry, so if you are interested in that, you can reach Philip on Twitter. Selektope is co-funded by the eco-innovation initiative of the European Union and has has been approved by the EU Standing Committee on Biocidal Products for EU-wide use from the 1st of January 2016. Thank you for listening. Do the shipping industry a favour and spread the word about this podcast, promoting the entire industry and please write a review on iTunes, it isn't that hard for a mariner!

Helén Jansson is the mastermind behind the Zero Vision Tool platform, aiming at a vision of a maritime industry without negative impact on air and water. She is also the former project leader for the Baltic Sea Position and several other projects. Helén enjoys working with people, she is a strategist and she is really good at wording ideas into a message other people can understand and take onboard. The ZVT project is somewhat hard to understand at a glance, therefore we have gathered some links here: Introduction Organisation White Paper EU projects Helen also mentions Sustainable Shipping Initiative, SSI and Royal & Sun Alliance, RSA, where we used to work together. If you liked this episode, why don't you scream it from the roof tops? Probably because social media is easier and works faster. Shipping Podcast is on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Share your views there or on the website and make my day! #Shippingpod

Anders Brödje has been with the Swedish Maritime Administration, SMA, for a very long time. He is very passionate about management of information and how manual work processes in the maritime domain can be automated and digitalised, reducing the risks and contributing to a safer, more efficient maritime industry reducing the environmental footprint. E-navigation is the evolution of navigation says Anders, who is a Master Mariner himself and has worked as a VTS operator after his time at sea. This episode is filled with abbreviations, why it is necessary with a list of them and links to where you can read more about the organisations mentioned. IMO - International Maritime Organisation ICS - International Chamber of Shipping IALA - International Association of Lighthouse Authorities BIMCO - The Baltic and International Maritime Council MUNIN - Maritime Unmanned Navigation through Intelligence in Networks MonaLisa2.0 It's a brimming episode after which you will convinced that there is development going on in many different areas within the shipping industry. Don't keep all the exciting insights to yourself! Share it with your friends, tell them or send them a link to the Shipping Podcast and don't forget to give a review of the episode - input enables me to develop the concept further! Thanks for listening!

Per Erling Evensen just retired from the duty as Marketing Manager at Destination Gotland and has left for an around the world sailing tour for the coming years. Prior to him leaving, he took the time for a chat about how the concept of Destination Gotland was developed and what that has meant to the people of Gotland. Per Erling found himself employed by a Shipowner, Rederi AB Gotland, in 1997, when the tourist company he work for was bought. He thinks the journey he has made since then has been fantastic and is thankful for being given the chance to make change possible! If you live on an island like Gotland, the ferry is under the skin of each and every citizen as 85 % of everyone is travelling by sea. If you move to an island you ask yourself; is it worth it? How can I run my business from the island? The ferry to and from the island is essential and it is important that the inhabitants, the ferry company and the politicians realise that and work together. Per Erling speaks about the Passenger Shipping Association, you find more information about that here PSA and this is the link to Per Erlings' blog Nerthusbloggen. You can also reach Per Erling on Twitter @PE_Evensen Thank you for listening! Here is a link to iTunes where I would love a review from you! If you don't know how to actually make a review, please visit ShippingPodcast.com and read up on how.

Meet David Kristensson, CEO Northern Offshore Services and a shipping entrepreneur. David is born and raised on the island of Donsö, in the archipelago outside Gothenburg, which is a centre for tanker shipping in Sweden. Donsö has app. 1,400 inhabitants, 8 shipowning companies controlling 35 tankers in various sizes, trading North European waters. David is a Master Mariner and an Engineer. He grew up on and around ships and started his career as shipowner with a tanker vessel. Then he was asked by a friend to contribute with his knowledge to an offshore wind vessel, which gave him the idea to develop the concept of the high-speed catamarans that is the business today. Just to realise that the wind offshore industry needed to transport crew and equipment out to the wind farms is one thing, but to bring the concept to the next level, like getting the people being transported to feel comfortable, to find solutions before the demand is there, that is something else. One of Northern Offshore Services is Siemens Offshore Wind Power Solutions, who obviously has been very content with their co-operation. When David describes the work they do, how the transported people enjoy the ride with them and what skills is needed from the seamen onboard the vessel, it becomes obvious that this is a new segment for the traditional shipping industry. The fleet of Northern Offshore Services now includes 19 vessels. You can follow David on @JDAKristensson on Twitter and you can see a film of the vessels operated here and an interview with David from the Donsö Shipping Meet 2015 here. Another thing we talk about in the podcast is Prince Daniel's Fellowship, please follow this link to find out more about that.

Håkan Svensson is a shipping entrepreneur. He grew up in the shipping industry as his father worked for Kamewa and moved to Singapore with his family when Håkan was a young boy. Shipping propellers has been dominating Håkans life at least for the last 14 years, when he and his father bought the bankrupt's estate of Bergs Propulsion and developed it into a thriving business with a 25 % market share. Håkan shares his view on what it means to be a business owner, an innovator and a manager of a shipping supply company on the global arena. He explains the huge consolidation going on among the maritime engine manufacturers, what it means for the shipping industry to be a part of the connected society and how that will attract young people to the industry. Håkan describes the 2008 financial crisis as "walking the plank and not knowing how far you will fall at the end of it, 2 meters or 2 kilometres", and how his father was the anchor with courage and patience to wait for the upturn. Håkans' call to the entire shipping industry is to be cooler! He practice what he preaches and is now totally into sailing, where he is promoting his carbon fibre factory through his company's' acquisition of the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) and the manufacturing of the M32 racing catamaran and the organisation of the M32 Series. If you like the episode with Håkan Svensson, please give us a review on iTunes; that would really be helpful on our way to the top-ten-list with the Shipping Podcast.

Professor Richard Watson is world famous internet strategist. He is currently researching ecological sustainability, energy informatics and information system leadership. You find his CV here and as you will hear, Richard originates from Australia, Perth. He mentions his colleague since many years, Marie-Claude (Maric) Boudreau with whom he has written many books. I met Richard at the first Maritime Informatics Conference organised by the Swedish Maritime Competence Centre, Lighthouse in May, 2015, where he was the keynote speaker together with Mikael Lind from Viktoria Swedish ICT. They spoke about "What is Maritime Informatics and why do we need it?" and that is what you will hear in this pod. As Richard is a teacher, we deviate into other areas, which he can explain so easily and pedagogically, we speak about the Business Model You, which we can highly recommend, download the pdf and start cracking! Richard gives a lot of good examples from other industries which has already managed to transform themselves into a service business, where he thinks that the shipping industry has to go. He gives 4 value propositions for the industry and he explains that shipping is a complex adaptive system. We speak about his slides from the presentation he gave, you will find them on Facebook if you would like to have a look at them. So, does Richard have the crystal ball? Is he the one who can give the answers to a new way of doing business in the shipping industry? Listen to the 6th episode of the Shipping Podcast and then give your rating and review on iTunes, which is how you can support this podcast with your own time. Kudos if you share the Shippingpodcast in your social media channels! Follow on twitter:@Shippingpodcast and/or on Facebook: Shippingpodcast or visit our website Shippingpodcast.com and tell us who you would like to listen to, or any other view you would like to share.

Captain Jörgen Lorén is a Master Mariner, currently working on STENA DANICA, a passenger vessel, trading between Sweden and Denmark. Jörgen is an authority when it comes to training massevacuation from passenger vessels, testing new life saving equipment and taking part in developing a new way of thinking when it comes to rescue at sea. Jörgen works closely with the Swedish Sea Rescue Society which is responsible for 70 per cent of all sea rescues in Sweden and receives no government funding. As the testing and training needs a real and lifelike environment, #Stena is contributing with a Ship and a Captain and that is where Jörgen fits in. I recommend you to visit www.first-rescue.org to see some cool pics of new equioment being tested and also a film which can get anyone a bit seasick... ;) The film shows actually STENA JUTLANDICA, where Jörgen previously was one of the Captains. In the interview Jörgen also mentions the IMO, the International Maritime Organization, which is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships. Jörgen is active in social media, where he posts pictures from the bridge. You can follow him on Twitter: @JorgenLoren and I know that he appreicates you following him there. Thank you for listening, Kudos if you share the Shippingpodcast in your social media channels! Follow on twitter:@Shippingpodcast and/or on Facebook: Shippingpodcast or visit our website Shippingpodcast.com and comment on the last episode, who you would like to listen to or any other view you would like to share. Once you have listen to this episode, head on over to iTunes and kindly leave a rating and a review and don't forget to subscribe! Shippingpodcast needs to be spread to a wider audience!

Thina Margrethe Saltvedt, one of the few female oil analysts in the world. Thina is a frequent guest on both Norwegian and Swedish television as she has the responsibility to communicate Nordea Markets' oil/gas market view, which always is of interest to many. Thina grew up dreaming of becoming a ballet dancer, a career she had to give up, but she still practices dance several times a week. I recommend you to follow Thina on Twitter, where she is very active posting about market movements within commodities and especially oil @ThinaSaltvedt Thank you for listening, Kudos if you share the Shippingpodcast in your social media channels! Follow on twitter:@Shippingpodcast and/or on Facebook: Shippingpodcast or visit our website Shippingpodcast.com and comment on the last episode, who you would like to listen to or any other view you would like to share. Once you have listen to this episode, head on over to iTunes and kindly leave a rating and a review and don't forget to subscribe! Shippingpodcast needs to be spread to a wider audience!

Carl Johan Hagman has a long and successful background within the international shipping industry. Trained as a maritime lawyer in his native Sweden, Hagman spent the first eight years of his career with Walleniusrederierna AB and its affiliate Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines. 2002-2007 he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eukor Car Carriers Inc. based in Seoul, Korea. In 2007 Carl-Johan returned to Sweden as Chief Executive Officer of Rederi AB Transatlantic and left for Höegh Autoliners AS in Oslo in 2008. He joined Stena in 2011 and is currently head of all maritime activities within the Stena Group. Having lived and worked in Asia for 22 years, Carl-Johan has gained a unique understanding of different business cultures and he is very engaged in leadership issues. We speak about alternative fuel and Sulphur Emission Control Area, (S)ECA, in the episode and the methanol project that Stena is currrently runnng on STENA GERMANICA. You can read more about this world's first methanol ferry here; http://news.stenaline.co.uk/pressreleases/stena-line-launches-the-world-s-first-methanol-ferry-1137516 https://youtu.be/d6gkJNZIXwo https://youtu.be/5lBIPjFbpYU Carl Johan has a twitter account: @Carl_Hagman where you can follow in and engage him in shipping related issues. Thank you for listening, Kudos if you share the Shippingpodcast in your social media channels! Follow on twitter: @Shippingpodcast and/or on Facebook: Shippingpodcast or visit our website Shippingpodcast.com and comment on the last episode, who you would like to listen to or any other view you would like to share. Once you have listen to this episode, head on over to iTunes and kindly leave a rating and a review and don't forget to subscribe! Shippingpodcast needs to be spread to a wider audience!

Jonathan Wichmann is the journalist who turned copywriter and then became the digital communications guru at Maersk Line. Within a year Maersk Line had more than 650,000 followers on Facebook. Jonathan claims that "Mark Zuckerberg created this for me"! A fact that probably no one at Maersk knew when they brought him in saying "One day we want to move into social media". You can read the entire story about the success on Jonathans web site http://jonathanwichmann.com/about-me/ and be inspired to start thiking outside the box. Follow Jonathan on @JonathanWich to keep up with what he is doing now, after he left the shipping giant. "Social media is just a technology" is another quote from Jonathan in this episode. You can follow the development of the entire set up also on Maersk Social http://maersklinesocial.com/why-social-media/ Kudos if you share the Shippingpodcast in your social media channels! Follow on twitter: @Shippingpodcast and/or on Facebook: Shippingpodcast or visit our website Shippingpodcast.com and comment on the last episode, who you would like to listen to or any other view you would like to share. Once you have listen to this episode, head on over to iTunes and kindly leave a rating and a review and don't forget to subscribe! Shippingpodcast needs to be spread to a wider audience! #Shippingpod

Captain Jes Meinertz & Captain Niels Vestergaard Pedersen share the responsibility to be in charge of the vessel MAERSK MC-KINNEY MOLLER and I hade the pleasure of visiting the ship when calling in the Port of Gothenburg in Jan 2015. Being a part of the Maersk organisation, the Captains also have the chance to participate in the ongoing digital communication. Here is a link from when the vessel was launched; http://maersklinesocial.com/blogging-from-the-challenge-of-a-lifetime/ You can follow Niels V Pedersen on twitter: @KaptajnEEE And if you want to read about his world record loading, here is the link; http://maersklinesocial.com/maersk-mckinney-moller-crosses-the-18000-teu-containers-sets-the-world-record/ Kudos if you share the Shippingpodcast in your social media channels! Follow on twitter: @Shippingpodcast and/or on Facebook: Shippingpodcast or visit our website Shippingpodcast.com and comment on the last episode, who you would like to listen to or any other view you would like to share. Once you have listen to this episode, head on over to iTunes and kindly leave a rating and a review and don't forget to subscribe! Shippingpodcast needs to be spread to a wider audience! #Shippingpod

The shipping industry is the backbone of international trade, contributing to the globalisation and development of the world, but it's the shipping people who makes the world go around. This is where you meet the maritime professionals, strong characters with an interesting background. Kudos if you could please share the Shipping Podcast in your social media channels! Follow on twitter: @Shippingpodcast and/or on Facebook: Shippingpodcast or visit our website Shippingpodcast.com and comment on the last episode, who you would like to listen to or any other view you would like to share. Once you have listen to this episode, head on over to iTunes and kindly leave a rating and a review and don't forget to subscribe! Shipping Podcast needs to be spread to a wider audience! #Shippingpodcast